Originally Posted by John Voorpostel
"Newfoundland contributes more per capita to GNP of Canada than any other province, a fact most people don't know. "

I expect most people don't know this because it is not true. Note I am not ignorant or stuck in any prejudical ways here. Simply look it up


Funny, I don't recall saying you were or are ignorant, but at the time we joined Canada there was that feeling on the mainland against Newfoundland and her people, it has faded over the years. I was around then and felt it, I don't know if you were around then, if you were you'd be pretty young. At that time and for years we were per capita bigger GNP contributors, that may have changed now, especially with oil rich Alberta. Canada at that time wanted Newfoundland and Labrador mainly for the rich iron ore just discovered in Labrador, not to mention the fishery which Ottawa ruined by bad management and using it as a trading chip with foreign countries.